Elizabeth Bowen Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)
Elizabeth Bowen quotes and sayings page 2 (deceased novelist born on Jun 7, 1899). Here's quote # 11 through 20 out of the 37 we have for her.
“Illusions are art, for the feeling person, and it is by art that we live, if we do.”
“Art is one thing that can go on mattering once it has stopped hurting.”
“Ireland is a great country to die or be married in.”
“Silences have a climax, when you have got to speak.”
“The wish to lead out one's lover must be a tribal feeling; the wish to be seen as loved is part of one's self-respect.”
“Mechanical difficulties with language are the outcome of internal difficulties with thought.”
“Meeting people unlike oneself does not enlarge one's outlook; it only confirms one's idea that one is unique.”
“One can live in the shadow of an idea without grasping it.”
“It is not helpful to help a friend by putting coins in his pockets when he has got holes in his pockets.”
“Fantasy is toxic: the private cruelty and the world war both have their start in the heated brain.”
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